Nate, PFT, And EBo Plant The Wizards Flag

The funniest wrinkle is PFT immediately pumping the brakes on his own enthusiasm. Being a Wizards fan, he wants you to know, is not Jets fandom and it is not Mets fandom — the Jets at least sniffed an AFC title game this century, the Mets have had real teams, and the Wizards haven't cracked 50 wins in a season since 1979. That's the bar being cleared here. Not contention. Not playoffs. Fifty wins, once, in nearly half a century.

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Being a full wizards fan is very different from rooting for the jets and Mets. You were in the afc championship game like 15 years ago. The Mets have had some very good teams over the yrs. The wizards havent won 50 games in a season since 1979

Which is sort of the whole point. The SAS shtick works because the Wizards have given everyone permission to laugh for 40-plus years. The bet Nate is making — and that PFT and EBo are now half-making with him — is that this front office is the first one in a long time that actually deserves the benefit of the doubt. Heavy is the crown, even when nobody's handed you one yet.